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The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic

Note 292 — MENSIS APRILIS.

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Varro, L. L. 6. 16; Fest. 65 and 374. The latter gloss is: ‘Vinalia diem festum habebant, quo die vinum novum Iovi libabant.’ Ovid, Fasti, 4. 899, after telling the Mezentius story (alluded to in the note in Praen.), adds

Dicta dies hinc est Vinalia: Iuppiter illam

Vindicat, et festis gaudet inesse suis.

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